Minister for Rural Affairs (Sweden)

Minister for Rural Affairs
Sveriges landsbygdsminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Peter Kullgren since 18 October 2022
Member of	Government
Appointer	Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Theodor Odelberg
Formation	1900
Website	Ministry for Rural Affairs

The Minister for Rural Affairs (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and prior to that Minister of Agriculture) is a position in the

The office was founded in 1900 under the name of Minister of Agriculture, and its first holder was Theodor Odelberg. The title was renamed Minister for Rural Affairs in 2010.

List of ministers

Agriculture (1900–2010)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Theodor Odelsberg (1847–1938)	31 March 1900	2 August 1905	5 years, 124 days	Moderate	Boström I von Otter Boström II Ramstedt
2	Electoral League	Lundeberg
3		Gösta Tamm (1866–1931)	7 November 1905	29 May 1906	203 days	Free-minded	Staaff I
(2)	Electoral League	Lindman I
4	Electoral League	Lindman I
(2)		Alfred Petersson (1860–1920)	7 October 1911	17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Free-minded	Staaff II
5		Johan Beck-Friis (1862–1929)	17 February 1914	30 March 1917	3 years, 41 days	Independent	Hammarskjöld
6	Electoral League	Swartz
(2)	Edén
7	Branting I
8		Nils Hansson (1867–1945)	27 October 1920	13 October 1921	351 days	Independent	De Geer von Sydow
9	Branting II
10	Electoral League	Trygger
(9)	Branting III Sandler
11		Paul Hellström (1866–1927)	7 June 1926	3 July 1927	1 year, 26 days	Free-minded	Ekman I
12		Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962)	12 July 1927	2 October 1928	1 year, 82 days	Free-minded	Ekman I
13	Electoral League	Lindman II
(12)		Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962)	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	2 years, 109 days	Free-minded	Ekman II Hamrin
14		Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972)	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	Hansson I
15	Hansson III
(14)	Erlander I
16	Erlander I
17		Sam B. Norup (1896–1973)	1 October 1951	1 February 1957	5 years, 123 days	Centre	Erlander II
18		Bernhard Näsgård (1891–1957)	1 February 1957	8 July 1957	157 days	Centre	Erlander II
19		Nils G. Hansson (1902–1981)	29 July 1957	31 October 1957	94 days	Centre	Erlander II
20		Gösta Netzén (1908–1984)	31 October 1957	24 November 1961	4 years, 24 days	Social Democrats	Erlander III
21		Eric Holmquist (1917–2009)	24 November 1961	24 January 1969	7 years, 61 days	Social Democrats	Erlander III
22	Palme I
23	Palme I
24	Fälldin I
25	Ullsten
(24)	Fälldin III
–	Fälldin III
(23)	Carlsson I
26	Carlsson II
27	Bildt
28	Carlsson III
29	Persson
(28)	Persson
30	Persson
31	Reinfeldt

Rural affairs (2010–2021)

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Eskil Erlandsson (1957–)	5 October 2010	3 October 2014	3 years, 363 days	Centre		Reinfeldt
2		Sven-Erik Bucht (born 1954)	3 October 2014	21 January 2019	4 years, 110 days	Social Democrats		Löfven (I)
3		Jennie Nilsson (1972–)	21 January 2019	30 June 2021	2 years, 160 days	Social Democrats		Löfven (II)
-		Ibrahim Baylan (acting) (1972–)	30 June 2021	9 July 2021	9 days	Social Democrats		Löfven (II)

Responsibility for rural affairs (2021)

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Title	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Ibrahim Baylan (1972–)	9 July 2021	30 November 2021	144 days	Social Democrats	Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation		Löfven (III)

Rural affairs (2021–)

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Anna-Caren Sätherberg (1964–)	30 November 2021	18 October 2022	322 days	Social Democrats		Andersson
		Peter Kullgren (1981–)	18 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 190 days	Christian Democrats		Kristersson